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Malik Shah III

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Reign
  
1152-53

House
  
House of Seljuq

Predecessor
  
Masud

Father
  
Mahmud II

Successor
  
Muhammad II

Name
  
Malik-Shah III

Died
  
1160


Malik-Shah III (died 1160) ruled as Sultan of Great Seljuq from 1152–53. He was the son of Mahmud II of Great Seljuq. In 1153, he was deposed and was succeeded by his brother, Muhammad. Following his death in 1160, his son Mahmud was held in Istakhr by the Salghurids as a rival claimant to the Seljuq throne.

References

Malik-Shah III Wikipedia